Manresa to hold annual Tomato Modernista Dinner at Love Apple Farms

Just a few of the heirloom tomato varieties at Love Apple Farms. Photo: The Chronicle/Jill K. Robinson

Seven weeks after a devastating fire, Manresa remains closed and rebuilding. But David Kinch and company will nonetheless honor one of their late summer traditions: The Tomato Modernista Dinner, wherein Kinch and Love Apple Farms showcase over 100 tomato varieties in a tasting menu format. It’s a dinner they’ve done for the last nine years.

The scene at Manresa on July 7. AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Karl Mondon

Given the state of the restaurant, this year’s dinner will be a little different. It will take place outside at Love Apple Farms on Saturday, September 13.

Beyond being an al fresco farm dinner, this year’s tomato dinner will be a benefit for the Manresa rebuilding process. It will be a six-course family-style meal, complete with tomato-based cocktails, canapés and an oyster bar. Tickets cost $425 per person. That flat price includes wine and gratuity.

· Previously: David Kinch on the Manresa fire: ‘We will be back, not just in this building but in many other ways.’ [Inside Scoop]· Previously: Manresa suffers early morning fire in Los Gatos [Inside Scoop]